Health literacy : a prescription to end confusion / Committee on Health Literacy, Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, [Institute of Medicine] ; Lynn Nielsen-Bohlman, Alison M. Panzer, David A. Kindig, editors.
Material type: TextSeries: Online access: NCBI NCBI BookshelfPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2004.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 345 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
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- Health education -- United States
- Health literacy -- United States
- Literacy -- United States
- Health Education -- methods
- Health Education -- standards
- Communication Barriers
- Educational Status
- United States
- Éducation sanitaire -- États-Unis
- Alphabétisation -- États-Unis
- Compétence informationnelle en santé -- États-Unis
- MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism
- Health education
- Health literacy
- United States
- Gezondheidsvoorlichting en -opvoeding
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- RA440 .H43 2004
- 2004 K-080
- WA 590
- 44.10
- 44.07
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- What is health literacy? -- The extent and associations of limited health literacy -- Culture and society -- Educational systems -- Health systems -- Vision for a health-literate America.
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To maintain their own health and the health of their families and communities, consumers rely heavily on the health information that is available to them. This information is at the core of the partnerships that patients and their families forge with today's complex modern health systems. This information may be provided in a variety of forms--ranging from a discussion between a patient and a health care provider to a health promotion advertisement, a consent form, or one of many other forms of health communication common in our society. Yet millions of Americans cannot understand or act upon this information. To address this problem, the field of health literacy brings together research and practice from diverse fields including education, health services, and social and cultural sciences, and the many organizations whose actions can improve or impede health literacy. "Health Literacy: Prescription to End Confusion examines the body of knowledge that applies to the field of health literacy and recommends actions to promote a health literate society. By examining the extent of limited health literacy and the ways to improve it, we can improve the health of individuals and populations
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